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From: carrie hogue <>
Subject: [ALL] McAlister
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 06:59:52 -0800
References: <NFBBLNDACPDENCFFPBJCOEFHIMAA.souhrada@rochester.rr.com>


Don't know if this any of info for you & I am not sure of spelling . Dr
McLister(pronounced that way by my mother) was the family doctor in Kittanning PA in
the 1930's. He deliverd me in 1931 & 4 subsequent siblings till we moved away in
1939. Carrie Hogue

Pete & Karen Souhrada wrote:

> Dear Kelley,
> Here's a bit of information:
> >From "Dwyer's Compendium":
> 63rd REGIMENT INFANTRY.
> Organized at Pittsburg August, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C.,
> August 26. Attached to Jameson's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, Army
> Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army
> Potomac, to August, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, to
> March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to September, 1864.
> SERVICE.--Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862.
> Reconnoissance to Pohick Church and the Occoquan November 12, 1861. Pohick
> Church and the Occoquan March 5, 1862 (Detachment). Moved to the Peninsula
> March 16-18. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5.
> Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond
> June 25-July 1. Oak Grove June 25. Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1.
> Duty at Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Centreville August
> 16-26. Bristoe Station or Kettle Run August 27. Buckland's Bridge, Broad
> Run, August 27. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly
> September 1. Duty in the Defences of Washington and guarding fords in
> Maryland till October. March up the Potomac to Leesburg, thence to Falmouth,
> Va., October 11-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15.
> Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth
> till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of
> Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle
> of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Wapping Heights, Va., July
> 23. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October
> 9-22. Auburn and Bristoe October 13-14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock
> November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November
> 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Demonstration on the Rapidan
> February 6-7, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the
> Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Po River May
> 10; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris'
> Farm May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.
> Totopotomoy May 29-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18.
> Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June 16-September 5. Weldon Railroad June
> 22-23. Demonstration on north side of the <dy_1596> James River at Deep
> Bottom July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Mine Explosion July 30 (Reserve).
> Demonstration on north side of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains,
> Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 105th
> Pennsylvania September 5, 1864. Mustered out September 9, 1864.
> Regiment lost during service 17 Officers and 169 Enlisted men killed and
> mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 133 Enlisted men by disease. Total 320.
>
> >From an Ancestry CD: Civil War Soldiers:
>
> Wood, John D.John D. Wood - {WOOD}
> Company: K Rank In: Private Rank Out: Sergeant
> Roll-Box: 554 Roll-Exct: 134 Roll-Rec: 2219
> Allegiance: Union Misc: Woods, John D.
> Unit: 63 Pennsylvania Inf.
>
> Wood, Samuel R.Samuel R. Wood - {WOOD}
> Company: H Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private
> Roll-Box: 554 Roll-Exct: 134 Roll-Rec: 2309
> Allegiance: Union Misc:
> Unit: 63 Pennsylvania Inf.
>
> Wood, Wesley Wesley Wood - {WOOD}
> Company: I
> Rank In: Private
> Rank Out: Private
> Roll-Box: 554
> Roll-Exct: 134
> Roll-Rec: 2345
> Allegiance: Union
> Misc: Woods, Wesley
> Unit: 63 Pennsylvania Inf.
>
> The above information reflects other WOOD gents serving in the same unit as
> John D. Wood (63rd PA)...so probably related to him! The information is
> also all that you need to request a check of the VA records (military and
> pension) at the National Archives. Do you know how to do one of these
> search requests?
>
> Hope this helps,
> Karen Souhrada
> Researching:
> Pennsylvania:..HAGERTY, ROBSON, ATCHESON,MC ALISTER, GEHO, WILLIAMS, BLANEY,
> MCCLUGAGE, HUDSON, JOBES
> Illinois.......HAMMANG, KOUDELKA, LIDISKY, SORGMANN, SOUHRADA, VALTA,
> VOPICKA
>
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